酷儿和跨性别者的饮食障碍:对概念化,评估和治疗的影响
Claire E Cusack1, Scout Silverstein2, Autumn J Askew3
1Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic
|June 5, 2024
概括
由于少数民族独特的压力因素,饮食障碍 (ED) 不成比例地影响酷尔和跨性别 (QnT) 个人. 目前的干预措施往往忽视了这些因素,强调了对QnT人群的包容性评估和治疗方法的关键需求.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 饮食障碍 (EDs) 经常被错误地认为是独有的 cisgender,异性恋女性.
- 酷尔和跨性别 (QnT) 个人在ED患病率和获得适当护理方面面临着严重的健康差异.
- 现有的ED干预措施经常无法解决影响QnT个人的独特心理社会因素.
研究的目的:
- 审查与少数群体压力和身份相关的因素,在QnT个体中与ED相关.
- 识别QnT人群当前ED评估工具中的有问题的假设.
- 建议对QnT个体的ED进行包容性评估和治疗策略.
主要方法:
- 在QnT个体中影响ED的因素的文献综述.
- 对现有的ED评估工具进行偏见分析.
- 制定文化上合格的ED护理建议.
主要成果:
- 少数群体的压力因素和特定身份的身体形象问题显著影响了ED的QnT个体.
- 目前的ED评估工具包含有问题的假设,这些假设可能会导致QnT身份的病态化.
- 需要包括的方法来准确评估和有效治疗QnT人群中的ED.
结论:
- 在QnT个体中解决ED需要承认和整合他们的独特经验,包括少数族裔压力因素.
- 对文化敏感的评估和治疗修改对于减少健康差异至关重要.
- 提供者必须采用包容性做法,以确保对所有患有ED的个体提供公平的护理.
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